{"id":13229,"date":"2016-05-05T18:07:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T17:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globeinst.org\/?page_id=13229"},"modified":"2021-08-09T08:18:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T08:18:54","slug":"2015-institute-to-name-the-50-organizations-that-have-shaped-containerization-over-last-50-years","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/project.mespilgroup.com\/GIL\/press-center\/2015-institute-to-name-the-50-organizations-that-have-shaped-containerization-over-last-50-years\/","title":{"rendered":"2015: INSTITUTE TO NAME THE 50 ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE SHAPED CONTAINERIZATION OVER LAST 50 YEARS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Press Information> Presse-Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Dossier Presse > Communicato Stampa >\u65b0\u95fb\u7a3f<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Dublin July 2015<\/h6>\n

INSTITUTE TO NAME THE 50 ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE SHAPED CONTAINERIZATION OVER LAST 50 YEARS<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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The Global Institute of Logistics Announced Today That It Has Begun Researching the key 50 organizations who have shaped containerization since its internationalization in 1966.<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n

2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the Globalization of the Container Transport Process<\/strong>. To mark this significant milestone the Global Institute of Logistics is to create a \u201cRoll of Honor\u201d to honor 50 of the most influential organizations who have shaped the industry over the last 50 years. Each honoree will be accredited by the Institute with its highest accolade the “Award of Excellence”<\/strong> in recognition of their outstanding contribution to the development of the industry. The selection process will be overseen by an accreditation committee comprising members of the Institute\u2019s Hall of Fame. The results will be published in October 2016. A gala lunch will take place in December 2016 to celebrate the Golden anniversary of the Globalization of the Container Transport Process where the formal presentation of accreditations will be made to the organizations included in the Roll of Honor
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\nBACKGROUND<\/strong>
\nTHE GLOBALIZATION OF THE CONTAINER TRANSPORT PROCESS<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the \u00a03rd of \u00a0May 1966<\/strong>, ten years after containerized shipping\u00a0started in the US, Sea-Land\u2019s container ship ‘Fairland’ arrived in Rotterdam for the first time, together with three sister ships, all with a capacity of 226 containers, the Fairland operated a weekly container service between North America and Northwest Europe, it was to become the starting point in the globalization of the container transport process. Container ship construction then began to increase over the next couple of years. In 1968, 18 container vessels were built, ten of them with a capacity of 1,000 TEUs (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit), which was large for the time. In 1969, 25 ships were built and the size of the largest ship increased to almost 2,000 TEUs. Modern container ships have a capacity of up to 21,000 TEUs for major trade lanes.<\/p>\n

Containerization is a testament to the power of process innovation. In the 1950s the world\u2019s ports still did business much as they had for centuries. When ships moored, hordes of longshoremen unloaded \u201cbreak bulk\u201d cargo crammed into the hold. They then squeezed outbound cargo in as efficiently as possible in a game of maritime Tetris. The process was expensive and slow\u037e most ships spent much more time tied up than plying the seas.
\nContainerization changed everything. It was the brainchild of Malcom McLean, an American trucking magnate. He reckoned that big savings could be had by packing goods in uniform containers that could easily be moved between lorry and ship. When he tallied the costs from the inaugural journey of his first prototype container ship in 1956, he found that they came in at just $0.16 per tonne to load\u2014compared with $5.83 per tonne for loose cargo on a standard ship. More important than savings on costs were the knock on effects on efficiency, in 1965 dock labour could move only 1.7 tonnes per hour onto a cargo ship\u037e five years later a container crew could load 30 tonnes per hour. Containerisation quickly conquered the world: between 1966 and 1983 the share of countries with container ports rose from about 1% to nearly 90%, coinciding with a take\u00adoff in global trade.
\nToday, in the 21st century, international supply chains have transformed the global economy by connecting trade, investment, and services. This has been accompanied by the ongoing revolution in information and communication technologies, which has made it possible to manage the complex challenges of coordinating logistics on a global scale.\u00a0The interconnected global economy depends on reliable, on time delivery of goods and services in order to run smoothly and minimize costly delays. Containerization continues to be the solution to this challenge.\u00a0Regardless of the occasional shock to the world’s financial system,\u00a0global trade will continue to expand and the world will continue to get\u00a0smaller. Containerization’s\u00a0\u00a0role is to bring the benefits of global trade to every corner of the planet, moving goods from producers to customers.
\nIn the 50 years since the beginning of globalization of the container transport process in 1966, \u00a0a host of individuals and organizations have been pioneers in\u00a0making the complex global systems of transport and logistics work for customers in a simple, reliable way. \u00a0The aim of the Institute’s 50@50\u00a0\u201cRoll of Honor\u201d is to acknowledge 50 of the most influential organizations who have shaped the industry over that period. \u00a0Our belief is that in in so doing \u00a0we will bring much deserved attention to the “Humble Hero” of world trade the simple container.
\nPROCESS<\/strong><\/p>\n

CREATING THE 50 @ 50 ROLL OF HONOR<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Institute has been at the heart of the global container supply chain for the last 20 years and has in that time played a key role in bringing stakeholders together from all aspect of the process. As a result we have an extensive insight into the workings of the industry and most importantly the people and organizations who are leading the way.<\/p>\n

This \u201cHands On\u201d understanding combined with our extensive annual secondary research places the Institute in a unique position to create a \u201clong list\u201d of candidate companies for consideration by the accreditation committee. On further evaluation, the long list will\u00a0become a short list of 100 companies from which the \u201cfinal list\u201d of 50 will be chosen.
\nAll shortlisted companies will be notified in May 2016 to coincide with the 50th<\/sup> anniversary of the first sailing of the Fairland from New York to Rotterdam on May 6th<\/sup> 1966. Each company will be requested to provide the Institute with additional information concerning their history, milestones and future plans, this in turn will be presented to the accreditation committee for consideration. The successfully accredited organizations will be notified between July and September 2016.<\/p>\n

The Institute will publish the “Roll of Honor” as part of a specially developed website in October 2016. The WebSite will act as a living testimony to the story of containerization and will include case studies from and profiles on those organizations who have been included in the 50 @ 50 Roll of Honor.<\/p>\n

The Institute will host a gala lunch and awards ceremony in December\u00a0where the formal presentation of accreditations will be made to the organizations included in the Roll of Honor<\/p>\n

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